[Heart Game] From the ashes we can build

[castaside]

WHO: Macaque, Red Son, Wukong, Korone, Donnie, Cole, Wash
WHAT: Soul fixin'
WHEN: March 9
WHERE: Red Son's house, Blossomcrown
WARNINGS: will be marked

Comments

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[othellovonryan]

....yes.

Did it hit you in the insecurity?

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[bluediligence]

The, um.

Insecurity, identity, and the morals.

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[othellovonryan]

This room is terrible for us.

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[bluediligence]

I came out here to have a good time and I'm honestly feeling so attacked right now-?

[ WHEN IN DOUBT ]

[ M ... MEME ... ? ]

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[othellovonryan]

[He snorts.]

Real rude of Macdad.

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[bluediligence]

[ we interrupt these feelings for a super important segue ]

Papaque?

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[othellovonryan]

Macdaddy is just actual slang.

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[bluediligence]

It is? For what?

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[othellovonryan]

[There is a pause.]

Its usually used by rappers.

Soooo.....either womanizers or pimps.

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[bluediligence]

And a pimp is-?

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[othellovonryan]

Essentially the guy in charge of a bunch of prostitutes.

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[bluediligence]

[ this is the face of an oblivious kid who has never thought about such a thing once in her life ]

Ohhhhhhhhhh. Huh. S'been a while since I had a martini moment.

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[othellovonryan]

[He's from New York and sticks to alleys a lot. He's absolutely seen prostitutes.]

A martini moment?

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[bluediligence]

Uh huh. Kaito and I went on an undercover mission together to an 18+ pool bar run by yakuza to win back Kaito's friend's jewel-encrusted pool cue.

My, ah, my dad was there 'cuz they were about to bust the yakuza for weapons dealing, not that I knew that at the time, sssooooo I distracted him with sake to give Kaito time to do his thing.

And he bought me martinis, which I thought were juice.

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[othellovonryan]

I would think a jewel encrusted pool cue would make for a poor pool cue.

....how...

How did your dad not recognize you?

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[bluediligence]

It wasn't for actually playing with. More of a symbol, y'know? There was a whole big thing about how it was the cue of champions. Kaito winning it back for Jii-san saved Jii-san's pool bar from the brink of going under.

[ The nonsense, Donnie. The absolute nonsense that was her life. ]

Dad was distracted with work and Kaito'd given me a makeover. Hair, make-up, pretty dress, the works.

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[othellovonryan]

....

That isn't-

[S-sigh.]

There is something disturbing there for boozing up a woman who had to at least remind him of his daughter.

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[bluediligence]

[ ... ...

...

...

t. taps. taps her fingers together. looks away.

tap. tap. tap. ]

It was ... maybe a little bad ...





... that I still spoke in third person a lot back then ...

[ and even that didn't tip him off. ]

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[othellovonryan]

....I think this may be a later talk on how to healthily call your dad out.

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[bluediligence]

[ blows out a breath, realising that ... one, yeah, this really isn't the time, and two, she's really not sure she wants to make this in any way a thing if it isn't on her terms ]

Ah, I've got the memo on that already ... [ toe dipped in, toe summarily removed. mild regrets: she has them. ]

So, next item?

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[othellovonryan]

Its a good memo.

Yes. [The burned piece of wood.] On three.

[And three count GO.]

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[castaside]

You are Macaque, and you're helping kill your sworn brother.

It needs to happen. Azure has been on a tear for a while, doing whatever means he thought justified the end of his ideal future, not caring who got hurt. And now he's after Wukong and MK and that cannot stand.

But still... once, you were brothers. Even if he was jealous of your position with Wukong. Even if he didn't see much use for you outside of that. And so this hurts.

You tap your staff onto the ground, joining Mei and Tang and the others in sealing Azure and the Jade Emperor's crumbling power in with Wukong and MK. Trusting them to do whatever needs doing.

Your power flows into the connection, helping to do the unthinkable in service of preventing something more unthinkable.

As has always been the way with you.

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[bluediligence]

[ Korone is just ... quiet after that, frowning a little, looking aside as lets his feelings wash over and through her and gathers up her own thoughts on it in their wake ]

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[othellovonryan]

[his hand drifts up to the side of his neck.]

[He takes a breath. Let's it out slowly.]

Sometimes that guy is needed.

Re: Level S (sub 1) - East Door cw: immolation

[bluediligence]

Mm. Sometimes.

[ She leans gently against his side. ]

... Still hurts.